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Dear Neil, my azaleas are dying, one after the other. This has been going on for the past year.

Alpine Avalanche Photos from the Alpine Avalanche Archives at Archives of the Big Bend, Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library and Portal of Texas. .

In a region where good food and good company are cornerstones of our trips, standout restaurants quickly become local institutions. That’s exactly the reputation Red Oak Kitchen is building in Odessa. A place where elevated comfort food meets the warm, welcoming spirit of West Texas.

Send your community events to kara.gerbert@alpineavalanche.com March 6 Birding for Beginners, 9-10:30 a.m. at the Interpretive Center at Davis Mountains State Park.

Texans urged to heed travel warnings about Mexico Texans planning to travel to Mexico or currently visiting there are urged to closely follow warnings from the U.S. Department of State, which advises U.S.

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Applications will be accepted beginning March 9 for Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) grants from the City of Alpine for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. Visitor events and other projects that draw overnight visits to the City are eligible for funding consideration, according to the requirements of state law.

In celebration of International Dark Skies Week, the McDonald Observatory, along with Alpine, Fort Davis, Presidio, Terlingua, and others, will hold star parties, telescope demonstrations, public talks, meteorite demonstrations, owl walks, and much more.

On Saturday, February 21, fifteen students from the Big Bend Area gathered with family and friends at the Event Center of the Museum of the Big Bend to recite original poems they entered in the Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering Youth Cowboy Poetry Contest. One hundred ninety poems were entered in the contest from as far away as Ohio.